Posted by John
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 6, 2007 at 3:14 pm

JL,

That thing is ugly. It reminds me of little boxes of ticky tacky. As usual, it is an attempt by you to increase density.

I think I have a better idea. Don't increase density, but encourage single family homes to become passive solar designs. Passive solar was a big idea a couple of decades ago, but it has lost it shine. It works. We should go back to it. Big payoff in many directions.

Posted by Jeremy Loski
a resident of Ventura
on Nov 7, 2007 at 1:09 pm

janette, I was arguing for the aesthetics of there projects, but only to show that they are possible. Also, keep in mind that there is a difference in what you can do with facade, as scale increases. Although not the best designs, I think they are far from ugly - as indicated by the attention they've been getting.

I like the ones you link to, especially the Technische Universität Darmstadt house - it's stunning!

Posted by John M.
a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 8, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Greg, one day you will realize that nuclear technology here is a dead issue - it's gone, over, done on both sides. There is no policy body in its right mind that will engage your fantasy.

Instead of following up on nanomaterials, incentive-based environmental policy, etc. you are fixated on an impossibility.

China would welcome your thoughts, and ideas - try breathing the air in Guangzong, or Shanghai these days, and realize that the Chines are enabling nuclear power, too. That seems the kind of environment you're angling for - one without constraint, where the "cult of efficiency" rules. It's a totalitarian ideal, pure and simple

China and India are building nukes because they understand that coal is a current necessity, but not the future. Nanomaterials are interesting, but only that at this stage. Nuclear is here and now, big time. The U.S. should get off coal and methane and bio-whatever. Nukes are clean and, for all practical purposes, an inexhaustable source of power.

Time to get over your hangups, John M. A couple of major blackouts will turn the tide. Too bad we will be forced to suffer such a fate, when such a rational alternative exists.

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